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Wednesday November 4, 2020

PM Stories Live results for 2020’s criminal justice ballot initiatives German Lopez, Vox Californians Approve an Initiative to Expand Voting Rights Kira Lerner and Daniel Nichanian, The Appeal Prop. 17, which will let parolees vote in California, is approved by voters Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times Prop. 20, which would have toughened sentencing in criminal cases, is rejected by California voters Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times Four More States Legalize Pot as Drug Law Overhaul Gains Traction Across Country Andrea Cipriano, The Crime Report Oregon decriminalizes possession of street drugs, becoming first in nation Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian Austin and Orlando Elect Prosecutors Who Vow to...

Tuesday November 3, 2020

PM Stories Let Everyone Vote Ben Burgis, Jacobin After Years Behind Bars, These Folks Are #FreeToVote Nicole Lewis, The Marshall Project ‘I felt voiceless’: Thousands of ex-felons in Florida are voting for the first times in their lives Amber Randall, South Florida Sun Sentinel Ex-Felons Are Working To Get Out The Vote Among Former Illinois Inmates – And They’re Paying Extra Attention To Judges Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago How one formerly incarcerated man went from never voting to volunteering at the polls Devna Bose, Charlotte Observer At San Quentin Prison, Men Ravaged by COVID-19 and Decades of Incarceration Hold an Election of Their Own...

Monday November 2, 2020

PM Stories 4 District Attorney Races With Reform On The Ballot Law360 The Past, Present, and Future of the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office Lexis-Olivier Ray and Lex Roman, The Appeal How the Klan and the Hillside Strangler play in to the strange history of LA County district attorneys Robert Greene, Los Angeles Times California wants criminal justice reform, but keeps electing conservative prosecutors Robert Greene, Los Angeles Times California voters: Don’t be fooled by law enforcement and the bail industry in 2020 Jay Jordan and Sam Lewis, Sacramento Bee Celebrities Spent Millions So Florida Felons Could Vote. Will It Make a Difference? Lawrence Mower...

Crime Story Daily Highlights – Week 64

This is a curated selection of highlights from Crime Story Daily this week. On the criminal justice policy front: The Marshall Project highlights seven states where criminal justice reform will be on the ballot next week, from Oklahoma – where voters will weigh a ballot initiative to prohibit sentence enhancements for most nonviolent crimes – to Oregon, which could become the first state in the country to decriminalize drugs like heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine. A piece from the New York Times also focuses on Oregon and the “shifting ballot debate on legalizing drugs.” Oregon’s hard-drug decriminalization measure, if passed, would...

Friday October 30, 2020

PM Stories Will California Voters Blaze a New Path on Bail Reform? Adrian Garcia, The Crime Report California Might Become the First State to Abolish Cash Bail. Why Are Some Progressives Worried? Samantha Michaels, Mother Jones Joe Biden Should Stop Bragging About the Violence Against Women Act Elizabeth Nolan Brown, Reason Will Concerns About Domestic Violence Derail Sentencing Reform in Oklahoma? Zoë Carpenter, The Nation Lax Masking, Short Quarantines, Ignored Symptoms: Inside a Prison Coronavirus Outbreak in ‘Disbeliever Country’ Jermaine Archer, Cecil Myers, Eric Manners, and Lisa Armstrong, The Marshall Project ‘I think I am going to die’: Inside a coronavirus outbreak at a NJ...

Thursday October 29, 2020

PM Stories What It’s Like to Vote From Prison Kira Lerner, Slate We can’t vote in San Quentin prison. So we held a mock election Juan Moreno Haines and Kevin Deroi Sawyer, The Guardian Free from prison, but still on parole means no voting rights – Prop 17 would change that Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle Jackie Lacey is a longtime champion for mentally ill defendants. But do her reforms go far enough? James Queally, Los Angeles Times How a Domestic Violence Loophole Could Doom a Campaign to Cut Oklahoma’s Harsh Prison Sentences Madison Pauly, Mother Jones A grieving family asks: Why aren’t county jails...